English → Latin
“solution” in Latin
solūtiōThe act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution.; looseness, weakness; paymentdissolūtiōdestruction, abolition, dissolution; refutation; asyndetonexplicātiōThe act of unfolding or unrolling.; An explanation, explication, exposition.ēnōdātiōuntangling, untying; denouement, explanation
The English word solution itself goes back to Latin luō, through solūtiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
solution
The act of dissolving, etc., circumlocution by the verb.
Answer, solutio: dissolutio (both especially of a captious question): explicatio: enodatio (of a perplexed or obscure matter). Vid: ANSWER.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for solution?
- The usual Latin words for “solution” are solūtiō, dissolūtiō, explicātiō; also ēnōdātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.